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Following two shark attacks over the summer on Cape Cod, one of them fatal, officials are searching for ways to improve phone service along isolated shorelines.

Several Westport beaches were closed for Labor Day due to a possible shark sighting.

Four hikers are safe after getting lost in Blue Hills Reservation last night. Massachusetts State Police say they dispatched numerous patrols including a K-9 unit and a helicopter before finding the hikers around 10:30. The hikers say they were looking for UFOs they were following after spotting them in the sky...

The Whaling City got a visit from one of its namesakes.

Reports of a shark sighting in Padanaram Harbor this morning have not been confirmed, but the town harbormaster is keeping a close eye on the situation. Dartmouth Harbormaster Steve Melo tells WBSM News he received a phone call from an official at the New Bedford Yacht Club whose instrucor had seen a dorsal fin at the entrance to Padanaram Harbor...

A new brochure being distributed on Cape Cod warning people about the possibility of sharks has some people wondering if it goes too far and might hurt tourism. The brochures were distributed by consortium of harbormasters and other officials...

A Cape Cod National Seashore beach was temporarily closed to swimming after visitors and lifeguards saw a shark about 30 yards offshore.

A popular Cape Cod beach has been closed for swimming after a great white shark estimated at 20 feet long was spotted leaving Chatham Harbor.

It was a quiet weekend shark-wise in Fairhaven. After unconfirmed reports of shark sightings last week, Fairhaven officials have been keeping an eye out for any signs of the ocean predators.